"Protecting" source code

[grkuntzmd]

Is there a way to "protect" source so the designer does not touch it? I added a "pack(); setVisible(true);" to the bottom of my JDialog constructor, but it got moved to near the top.

[Eric Clayberg]

Is there a way to "protect" source so the designer does not touch it? I added a "pack(); setVisible(true);" to the bottom of my JDialog constructor, but it got moved to near the top.

There is no need to "protect" code as Designer won't touch any code that isn't affetced by changes made in the design view.

In the above case, it didn't move the code anywhere. It did, however, insert new code after those lines based on the addition of new widgets.

To avoid that, you should have your widgets generated into a method other than the constructor. That way the new code is added to the end of method you specify rather than to the end of the constructor.

[grkuntzmd]

How do I force designer to put the new widgets in another method?

[Eric Clayberg]

How do I force designer to put the new widgets in another method?

Use the Designer > Code Generation > Method name for new statements preference.

This is described in the product docs (on the web site and in the on-line help).